[ad_1] IMAGE: A new study examines how airflow patterns within a car’s passenger compartment could affect the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other airborne pathogens. Using computer simulations, the study … visualizes More Credit: Breuer lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, RI [Brown University] – A new study on airflow patterns inside …
Read More »COVID-19 studies should also focus on mucosal immunity, the researchers say
[ad_1] BUFFALO, NY – Anyone who has undergone a nasal swab or saliva test for COVID-19 knows that the virus is more easily detected in the nose and mouth. That’s why, University of Buffalo researchers argue in a new paper, more COVID-19 studies should be devoted to how immunity to …
Read More »Researchers peer inside the deadly pathogen theft kit
[ad_1] IMAGE: The three-dimensional structure of a protein called starvation-stringent protein A, a member of a multiprotein complex that Francisella tularensis uses to infect macrophage cells. View More Credit: Maria Schumacher Lab, Duke Biochemistry DURHAM, NC – The bacterium that causes tularemia, the tick-borne disease, is a lean and mean …
Read More »Social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic linked to hypertension
[ad_1] Buenos Aires, Argentina 19 November 2020: The blockade due to the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increase in high blood pressure among patients admitted to the emergency. This is the result of a study presented at the 46th Argentine Congress of Cardiology (SAC). SAC 2020 is a virtual …
Read More »In a pandemic, migration from densely populated cities is more effective than closing borders
[ad_1] IMAGE: The evolution of infection in people as a function of the asymmetry in population distribution shows that when the boundary from high-density to low-density areas is closed, the total spread of the disease … More Credit: Image courtesy of Massimiliano Zanin WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 – Pandemics are …
Read More »New highly accurate saliva-based antibody test for SARS-CoV-2 in the initial study
[ad_1] It was found that a new saliva-based test developed by a team at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health accurately detects the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, from small saliva samples. according to a study by Bloomberg School researchers. Such tests, the …
Read More »The effectiveness of vitamin C against COVID may depend on the natural transport levels of the vitamin
[ad_1] IMAGE: Drs. View of Sadanand Fulzele and Carlos Isales More Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, University of Augusta High doses of vitamin C being studied to treat COVID-19 may benefit some populations, but researchers exploring its aging potential say key factors for efficacy include levels of the natural transporter …
Read More »The mysterious molecule in the bacteria turns out to be a guard
[ad_1] IMAGE: Top row: E coli bacteria containing a retron rupture membranes in the cell approximately 15 minutes after infection (center) Red reveals holes in the membranes as cells die. (Right) … view More Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science In many species of bacteria there are peculiar hybrid structures called …
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